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George Washington Acervo de la BIblioteca Jurídica Virtual www.juridicas.unam.mx George Washington April 30, 1789, to March 4, 1797 l.i~jr: THE POlO'.liC. ni i HE 1PARtiNT.S LIF <;ECSL;F :\:AI~:HI:.!c;-~oN Yitli diii.:i-l jiuitrciit r.i~i.~v.:i:ii.,::i ~uuyu, criqr<iil 3tecl George Washington GEORGEWASHINGTON was born at Bridges Creek, on the Potomac River, in Westmoreland County, Va., on the 22d day of February (or I ~th,old style), 1732. Augustine Washington, his father, was a son of Lawrence Washington, whose father, John Washington, came to Virginia from England in 1657, and settled at Bridges Creek. Augus- tine Washington died in 1743, lcaving severa1 children, George being the eldest by his second wife, Mary Ball. At the early age of 19 years he was appointed adjutant-general of one of the districts of Virginia, with tlie rank of major. In November, 1753, he was sent by Lieutenant- Coverilor Dinwiddie, of Virginia, to visit the French army in the Ohio Valley on important- business. War followed, and in 1754 he was pro- moted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel,- and engaged in the war. In 1755 he acted as aid-de-camp to Eneral Braddock. Soon after this he was appointed by the legislature commander in chief of al1 the forces of the Colony, and for three years devoted himself to recruiting aud organ- izíug troops for her defense. In 1758 he commanded a successful expe- dition to Fort Du Quesne. He then left the Army, and was married to Mrs. Martha Custis, a widow lady of Virginia. For sixteen years he resided at Mount -Cernon, occasionally acting as a magistrate or as a member of the legislature. He was a delegate to the Williamsburg convention, August, 1773, which resolved that taxation and representa- tion were inseparable. In 1774 he was sent to the Continental Congress as a delegate from Virginia. The following year he was unanimously chosen commander in chief, and assumed the command of the Conti- nental Army July 2, 1775. He commanded the armies throughout the War for Independence. At the close he resigned his commission, De- cember 23, 1783, and retired to priyate life. He was a delegate to, and president of, the National Convention which met in Philadelphia, Fa., in May, 1787, and adopted a new Constitution, tliat greatly increased the power of the Federal Government. He was unanimously elected the first President of the United States, and was iuaugurated on the 30th of April, 1789, in New York City, and at the end of his first term was unanirnously reelected. He retired March 4, 1797, h"ng declined a third term. In September, 1796, he issued his Farewell Address to the people. July 3,1798, he was again appointed to the command of the armies of the United States, with the rank of lieutenant-general. He was a Freemason, and served as master of his lodge. He died at Mount Vernon, Va., after a short iliness, December 14, 1799, and was buried there. 41 42 Messages and Pajers oftlte Pres2ents PROCEEDINGS INITIATORY TO THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION. [From the Washington Papers (Executive Proceedings, vol. 17). Department of State.] Charles Thomson, esq., Secretar-y of the late Congress, being appointed by the Senate of the United States to carry to General Washington the o5cial information of his unanimous election to the office of President of the United States of America, arrived at Mount,Vernon on the 14th day of April, A. D. 1789, when he communicated to General Washing- ton the purport of his mission in the following words : SIR: The President of the Senate chosen for the special purpose, having opened and counted the votes of the electors in presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, 1 was honored with the commands of the Senate to wait upon Your Excellency with the information of your being elected to the office of President of the United States of America. This commission was intrusted to me on account of my having been long i=- in the confidence of the late Congress, and charged with the duties of one of the principal civil departments of Government. 1 have now, sir, to inform you -tira%the proofs you have given of your 7 patriotism, and of your readiness to sacrifice doxriestic ease and private enjoymeuts to preserve the happiness of your country, did not permit the two Houses to harbor a doubt of your undertaking this great and impor- tant office, to which you are called, not only by the unanimous vote of the electors, but by the voice of America. , 1 have it, therefore, in command to accompany you to New Ycrk, where the Senate and House of Representatives are convened for the dispatch of public business. : I To which General Washington replied SIR: 1 have been accuctomed to pay so much respect to the opinion of my fellow-citizens that the knowledge of their having given their unan- imous suffrages in my favor scarcely leaves me the alternative for an option. 1 can not, 1 believe, give a greater evidence of my sensibility of the honor which they have done me tlian by accepting the appointment. 1 am so much affected by this fresh proof of my country's esteem and confidence that silence can best explain my gratitude. While 1 realize the arduous nature of the task which is imposed upon me, and feel my own inability to perform it, 1 wish, however, that there may not be reason for regretting the choice, for, indeed, al1 1 can promise is only to accomplish that which can be done by an honest zeal. Upon considering how long time some of the gentlemen of both Houses - of Congress have been at New York, how anxiously desirous they must Geovge Washington 43 be to proceed to business, and how deeply the public mind appears to be inipressed with'the necessity of doing it speedily, 1 can not find myself at liberty to delay my journey. 1 shall lherefore be in readiness to set out the day after to-morrow, and shall be happy in the pleasure of your company, for you will permit me to say that it is a peculiar gratification to have received the communication from you. OFFICIAL INFOKMATION OF THE ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT OJ? THE UNITED STATES, APRIL 6, 1789. Be it known that the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o£ America, being convened in the city and State of New York, tliis Gth day of April, A. D. 1789, the underwritten, appointed President of the Senate for the sole purpose of receiving, opening, and counting tlie votes of the electors, did, in the presence of the said Senate and EIouse of Representatives, opeu al1 the certificates and count al1 the votes of the electors for a President and Vice-President, by which it appears that His Excellericy George Washington, esq., was unanimously elected, agree- ably to the Constitution, to the office of President of tlie said United States of America. 7 In testimony whereof 1 have hereunto set my hand and seal. -- JOHN LANGDON. MOUNTVERNON, A$Y~ 14, 1789. To the Honorable JOHN LANGDON, fiesident $70 temjore of the Senate of the UnitEn States. SIR: 1 had the honor to receive your oficial communication, by the harid of Mr. Secretary Thomson, about I o'clock this day. Having concluded to obey the important and Aattering cal1 of my couritry, and liaving heen impressed with an idea of the expediency of my being with Congress at as early a period as possible, I propose to commence my journey on Thursday morning, which will be the day after to-morrow. 1 have the honor to be, with sentiments of esteem, sir, your most obedient servant, GP WASHINGTON. RESOLVE OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES RESPECTING MR. OSGOOD'S PREPARING HIS HOUSE POR THE RECEPTION OE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. The committee to whom it was referred to consider of and report to the House respecting the ceremonial of receiving the President, and to whom also was referred a letter from the chairman of a committee of the 44 Messages and Pajers ofthe Presz'deíz~s Senate to the Speaker, communicating an instruction from that House to a committee thereof to report if any and what arrangements are necessary for the reception of the Vice-President, have agreed to the following report : That Mr. Osgood, the proprietor of the house lately occupied by the President of Congress, be requested to put the same and the furniture thereof in proper condition for the residence and use of the President of the United States, and otherwise, at the expense of the United States, to provide for his temporary accommodation. That it will be more eligible, in the first instante, that a committee of three members from the Senate and five members from the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the two Houses respectively, attend to receive the President at such place as he shall embirk kom New Jersey for this city, and conduct him without form to the house lately occupied by the President of Congress, and at such time thereafter as the President shall signify it will be most convenient for him, he be formally received by both Houses. Read and accepted. The Senate proceeded by ballot to the choice ofa-exmnittee, agreeably to the report of the committee of both Houses agreed-fo tE15th instant, when the Honorable Mr. Langdon, the Honorable Mr. Carroll, and the Honorable Mr.
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